A Picture worth 1000 words ?

Post by **little_angel_204** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:31 pm

Quinonostante wrote:The bombing started at 3am," [said a sister-in-law of the groom] from her bed in the emergency ward at Ramadi general hospital, 60 miles west of Baghdad. "We went out of the house and the American soldiers started to shoot us. They were shooting low on the ground and targeting us one by one," she said. She ran with her youngest child in her arms and her two young boys, Ali and Hamza, close behind. As she crossed the fields a shell exploded close to her, fracturing her legs and knocking her to the ground.

She lay there and a second round hit her on the right arm. By then her two boys lay dead. "I left them because they were dead," she said. One, she saw, had been decapitated by a shell...

By the time the sun rose on Wednesday over the Rakat family house, the raid had claimed 42 lives...

Among the dead were 27 members of the extended Rakat family, their wedding guests and even the band of musicians hired to play at the ceremony... 11 of the dead were women and 14 were children."

Q, this sent shivers down my spine! how can people do this to one another?

Post by **little_angel_204** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:46 pm

PRchick wrote:It is beautiful. Here, it is the theme music for the victims and tragedy of 911. That's what I see when I hear it.

http://911digitalarchive.org/special/am ... ndex1.html

no matter how many times i see this, it always send's shivers down my spine and tears to my eyes. its hard to believe it was nearly 4 years ago, it seems like only a couple of months back that i came home and saw these horrific images on tv. don't people suffer enough?

Post by **FABlux** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:00 pm

The shock of Tannaz's situation really brings this home too doesn't it? It's not just a remote anonymous tragedy any more.

Post by **tut bar dancer** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:11 am

It brings all this to reality when you actually know some one that has been caught up inall this. What is wrong with the world, why can't we live in peace.

Post by **DJKeefy** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:27 am

A Lebanese woman kisses a poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in
Beirut, as a ceasefire between the warring sides comes into effect.

Post by **Ess** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:51 pm

Wonderful photographs.What do they say to me? Well, for starters -Hope.Resilliance.Survival.Optimism.Pride.

Post by **John Morris** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:06 am

Shame that the whole world can't take time out and give some thought to what it's really all about. John Lennon said it all - 'Give Peace a Chance'. That's what the pictures and music do for me.

Post by **DJKeefy** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:10 am

Post by **sue** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:00 pm

Amazing picture Keefy, such a strong sentiment as well.

Post by **HEPZIBAH** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:08 pm

[face=Comic Sans MS]It seems that those who face the most adverstity also show the strongest characteristics of the soul. [/face]

Post by **WIZARD** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:21 pm

HEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]It seems that those who face the most adverstity also show the strongest characteristics of the soul. [/face]

This would be a good reply to Mrs "D" Hepzi.

Post by **HEPZIBAH** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:35 pm

Wizard wrote:
HEPZIBAH wrote:[face=Comic Sans MS]It seems that those who face the most adverstity also show the strongest characteristics of the soul. [/face]
This would be a good reply to Mrs "D" Hepzi.

[face=Comic Sans MS]I thought that too but I don't think it would be understood.

[/face]

Post by **DJKeefy** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:08 pm

While you celebrate this Christmas, take some time to think of others around the world....

(Very Disturbing Video - Click show to watch)

Spoiler

[GVideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... xmas&hl=en[/GVideo]

Post by **Connie Tindale** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:16 pm

That is food for thought Keefy but it has left me so depressed that I despair of mankind.

Post by **BBLUX** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:58 pm

Me too LL...sniff

Post by **crazycat** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:49 pm

Very sad Keefy but things will never change, there is too much hatred in the world

how will future generations learn when you see children armed with guns

Post by **Connie Tindale** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:26 pm

I remember the killing fields of Camboda. When I was there several years ago I asked a survivor how it had happened and why so many of the Khymer Rouge killers were so young. All he said was that they were "children who did not know their parents".

Post by **Trixx** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:47 am

crazycat wrote:Very sad Keefy but things will never change, there is too much hatred in the world how will future generations learn when you see children armed with guns

Bringing this upto date .......
We are now seeing this in the UK ?

A Picture worth 1000 words ?

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